About Sharon and her music
In a world rekindling its fascination with myth and magic, Sharon Knight feels right at home. The San Francisco-based Celtic songstress casts her own brand of enchantment with her collection of original and traditional songs. Sharon has long been inspired by the fierce and passionate spirit of the Celts, and this is reflected powerfully in her music. Her latest release, Song of the Sea, features lyrical tales of muses and sirens, magical spells, pirates, phoenixes and otherworldly heroes. Song of the Sea evokes the indomitable spirit of the Celts and reminds us we can all view the world through the eyes of enchantment. Fans of Stevie Nicks and Loreena McKennitt will find musical kinship with Ms.Knight's shimmering vocals and lush instrumentation, while Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter devotees will resonate with the mythic themes evoked by Sharon's vivid poetic imagery.
Sharon's music stems from a deep desire to live in a more magical world - by magical, she explains, she means "possessed of a deep sense of connection to the earth, seeing the world as alive and interconnected, and having an awareness of subtle energies as yet unseen by the human eye." The current upwelling of interest in myths and magic excites her, for she feels the cultural climate has never been better for her artistic vision to flourish.
In live performances, Sharon sings and plays guitar, mandola, and percussion. She is accompanied by producer and co-collaborator Winter on guitar, and for more elaborate shows, she is backed by a clan of accomplished musicians, featuring such instrumentation as violin, mandocello, tin whistle, Uilleann pipes, bodhran, dumbek, oud, bass and drums. Already an experienced performer, she has 3 previous releases under her belt, and has performed at such venues as the Sebastopol Celtic Festival, Black Point Renaissance Faire, Oregon Country Faire, Heartland Festival in Kansas, Pantheacon, Ancient Ways festival, as well as many smaller harvest faires, pubs and cafes. As well as continuing to court a national market, she plans to extend her influence to Europe with Song of the Sea.
Sharon is available for performances and workshops in a variety of venues, such as Celtic festivals, renaissance faires, living history centers, retreats, libraries, theaters, wineries, pubs and cafes, fantasy/sci-fi conventions, house concerts, garden parties - "Anywhere people might want that sparkle of Irish charm!" she says.
Sharon has recently begun recording her next album, tentatively titled "The Rogue and Restless Soul". She has also begun writing material for "Grimm Tales," a collection of Grimm's fairy tales put to music and told in song. Romantic and fanciful, but with enough grit to give it punch, Sharon's music may well be charting a path toward making folkloric preservation cool. 
